Washboard.



G. R, PRESGO'IT.

WASHBOARD.

APPLIOATION HLBD 001.10, 1910.

Patented Ang. 8, 1911.

I will WM Umm. D- C.

GEORGE R. PRESCOTT, OF ALTON, NEl/V HAMPSHIRE.

WASHBOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led October 10, 1910.

PatentedAug. 8, 1911.

serial No. 586,213.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE R. PREsoo'rT, of Alton, in the county ofBelknap and State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in 'lVashboards, of which the following is a specification.

rllhis invention relates to a washboard of reversible constructionadapted to be used with either side uppermost, the construction beingsuch that the rubbing surface is formed by wire members extending acrossthe board and separated by spaces through which water flows freely fromthe upper to the under side of the board.

The invention has for its object to prof vide a washboard of thischaracter, the wire rubbing members of which are adapted to be securedin place and properly spaced apart by the operation of assembling theparts of the board and without the employment of separate or individualfasteners for the wire members.

The invention consists in the improvements which I will now proceed todescribe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification,Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the washboard embodying myinvention, one of the standards of the board being shown partly insection. Fig. 2 represents a sect-ion on line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3represents a section on line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Similar reference characters indicate the same or similar parts in allthe figures,

In the drawings, 12 represents longitudinal bars or standards whichconstituteA the longitudinal edge portions on the washboard. Each bar ismade of a single piece preferably of wood, and has a groove 13 formed inits inner edge, the ends 14 of said grooves being located between theends of the bars 12 and constituting abutments for the wire gridhereinafter described. The said grid is composed of a single piece orlength of stout wire which is bent to form a series of parallelstretches 15 extending between the bars 12 and loops or necks 16, whichconnect the stretches 15 in pairs and are inserted in the grooves 13.The width that when the grid is in place it is closely fit the sides ofthe portions of the loops 16 inserted in the grooves. The loops 16 arewider than the distances between the stretches 15, the loops being soformed that when they are abutted together they hold the stretches 15properly and uniformly spaced apart as indicated by Fig. 1. The loopsabutted together as shown, form grid edges which are practicallyincompressible and rigid when inserted in the grooves, so that noindependent fastenings are required for the grid. The loops and the endportions of the stretches 15 closely ll the spaces between the ends 14:of the grooves 13, so that when the grid is in place it is closelyconfined against displacement in any direction wholly by the sides,bottoms and ends of the grooves.

From the foregoing it will not only be seen that no separate orindividual fasteners are required for the loops of the grid as abovestated, but also that the grid is secured to the bars 12 with therubbing stretches 15 properly spaced apart, by the simple operation ofinserting the loops in the grooves 13.

Suitable frame parts are employed to rigidly connect the bars 12, saidparts as here shown including an inner crossbar 17 and an outer crossbar-18 secured by nails or other .fastenings to the upper end portions ofthe bars 12, as indicated by Fig. 1, and a crossbar 19 which ispreferably a wire rod, connecting the said bars 12 below the grid. Thespace between the crossbars 17 and 18 is occupied by a flat board 20which forms the bottom of two soap trays the edges of which are formedby the crossbars 17 and 18 and by portions of the side bars 12.

I claim:

A washboard comprising standards having grooves in their inner sidesbetween their end portions, suitable frame parts connecting saidstandards above and below the grooves, and a grid composed of a singlein a single piece, and secured by the inserlength of wire bent to form aseries of partion of said edges in the grooves.

allel stretches and a series of widened In Jcestimony whereof I haveaffixed my stretch-connecting and spacing loops which signature, inpresence of two witnesses.

are inserted in the said grooves, and form GEORGE R. PRESCOTT.practically incompressible grid edges, the Witnesses:

ends of which are seated on the ends of the ETTA DOWNING,

grooves, the grid and its edges being made Jnssm SAVAGE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

